Chris McCormick @chris@mccormick.cx

https://simonwillison.net/2023/May/2/download-esm/

https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/02/16/writing-javascript-without-a-build-system/

You're in good company.

@b0rk:
> I find it frustrating that some frontend Javascript libraries require that you use a build system.

@simonw:
> I really, really dislike having to use a local build script when I’m working with JavaScript code.
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RT @lisperati
I miss the olden days of browser javascript before nodejs/browserify/webpack

You would just include a library by writing

<script src="library.js"></script> https://twitter.com/i…
https://twitter.com/lisperati/status/1653587629584285696

Update on my various side projects and what I'm hacking on in May 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZTEaZzvAaU

This is an #algorave proof of concept. It takes a JSON data structure with b64 samples + note position data and outputs a Protracker .mod file and renders a wav file using libOpenMPT. Next step: build some generators to create track data algorithmically.

https://chr15m.github.io/algotracker/

Morning: tinkering with algotracker (algorithmic tracker module generator).
Afternoon: working on the Joplin notebook web publishing plugin.

Wow, http://dopeloop.ai has reached half a million visitors in one year! Almost all of these visitors are using the Melody Generator: http://dopeloop.ai/melody-generator

It's humbling to have my little music tool born of #algorave roots used by so many people.

Started building a new micro-business a couple of days ago. It's a web publishing plugin for a popular open source note outliner. Going well so far! #indiehackers

Pushed a bunch of performance enhancements to http://pro.sfxr.me after I saw some storage related tracebacks come through from the server. #GameAudio #indiedev

Cabin coding.

🎨 Saturday hacking on Minimal Stylesheet.
https://chr15m.github.io/minimal-stylesheet/

Recent updates to Hosted Gitea:
* Gitea upgrades.
* Custom domain option.
* Fixed site login issue.
* Fixed deprecated settings.
* New multi-machine devops scripts.
* New swapfile.
* Two new Gitea articles.
* Design updates to the home page.
http://hostedgitea.com #indiehackers

audio dev prototyping is too much fun 😁
#clojure #indiedev

I had a nightmare about an AI and just before I woke up it told me "The sand is made of blood."

Cryptography provides one possible solution to the incoming wave of fake content generated by GPTs.

https://mccormick.cx/news/entries/the-only-truth-will-be-cryptographic